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Copyright © 2011 by Kevin Poulsen All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Poulsen, Kevin, 1965– Kingpin / Kevin Poulsen.—1st ed. p. cm. 1. Butler, Max. 2. Computer crimes—United States—Case studies. 3. Computer hackers—United States—Case studies. 4. Commercial criminals — United States—Case studies. I. Title. HV6773.2.P68 2010 364.16′8092—dc22 2010027952 eISBN: 978-0-307-58870-8 Jacket design by Chris Sergio Jacket photographs © Jonathan Kitchen/Photographer’s Choice v3.1 For Lauren, my unindicted coconspirator in life CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication COPS AND CARDERS PROLOGUE 1. The Key 2. Deadly Weapons 3. The Hungry Programmers 4. The White Hat 5. Cyberwar! 6. I Miss Crime 7. Max Vision 8. Welcome to America 9. Opportunities 10. Chris Aragon 11. Script’s Twenty-Dollar Dumps 12. Free Amex......